South Dakota Veterans Home Miscellaneous Projects

The historic campus of the South Dakota State Veterans Home is sited on a hillside overlooking the town and much of the historic campus has been retained over the years including the main building. The work included several renovations to the historic structures.

The original 1889 historic cut stone main building now serves as the administrative building for the campus. The windows were drafty, shingles in disrepair and missing or undersized gutters were damaging the stone façade below. Working closely with the State Historic Preservation Office and the requirements of Section 106, a historic window replacement was undertaken that restored the façade to its historic appearance along with roofing replacement and right-sized gutters while restoring a rooftop flagpole to its historic location.

A separate project employed an unorthodox approach to "straighten" the vertical posture of the historic milk barn on the campus and reinforce the lateral structure to stabilize it for future generations.

Location
Hot Spring, South Dakota

Owner
State of South Dakota
Kevin Espeland,
(Former) Office of the State Engineer
605-262-3300

Contractors
Barn: Gardner Structures
Dan Gardner, Owner
605-890-0495

Doors: Anderson Construction
Ron Anderson, Owner
605-335-8816

Windows: Gustafson Builders
John Meyen,
(Former) Project Manager

Re-Roof: Rangel Construction
Mark Munoz, Project Manager
605-716-0547

Role
Architect of Record

Personnel
Lyle Murtha, Principal Architect

Scope
Rehabilitation
Design-Bid-Build

Project Size
Various

Cost
Barn: $25,000
Doors: $380,817
Windows: $906,809
Re-Roof: $266,500

Completed
Barn: 2008
Doors: 2009
Windows: 2011
Re-Roof: 2011